G. it. Ent., 10 (51): 217-236
October 2003
Note sulla coleotterofauna xilofaga di un bosco di pianura
rinaturalizzato: il Gerbasso, Carmagnola (TO)
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Scolytidae)
di
MARCO RASTELLI, GIANFRANCO CURLETTI, ENRICO BARBERO
Abstract - Notes on the xylophagous coleopterous fauna of a re-naturalized plain wood: the Gerbasso Wood, Carmagnola (TO), Italy (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Scolytidae) - We studied the community of the xylophagous beetles belonging to the families Buprestidae, Cerambycidae and Scolytidae in the Gerbasso Wood. This wood is a re-naturalized area in the commune of Carmagnola (Turin district, NW Italy). It is the outcome of a re-naturalization work started in 1987 before the establishment of the "Po river Park in the Turin district" in which the Gerbasso Wood is now included. A faunistic list and some chorological and ecological data concerning the recorded species are provided. A comparison with the xylophagous beetle communities living in other older plain woods of the same Piedmont region was undertaken in order to try to understand how these insects have re-colonized the Gerbasso Wood.
